June 10, 2013

Strict new EU laws could be the end of oil price reporting

The draft law is unlikely to take effect before 2014.

June 10, 2013

UPDATE: Court win for Israeli billionaire in fight over $50 billion African mining prize

Beny Steinmetz scores legal victory amid corruption probe into the sale of Guinea's Simandou iron ore licence.

June 10, 2013

Italy investigates Glencore Xstrata for tax evasion

Authorities allege Glencore hid profits by paying other units above-market prices for raw materials.

June 10, 2013

Ivanplats gets its ducks in a row for South African project

Company filed both a mining right application and included a BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) partner.

June 10, 2013

Copper Mountain’s mine up and running again ahead of schedule

The miners hasn't yet determined the exact cause of the mid-May failure of the transformer.

June 10, 2013

Ghana’s crackdown on illegal mining: at least 55 new arrests

Identified as nationals of Niger, Nigeria and Togo.

June 10, 2013

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to conduct complete dispersal of Niagara Tunnel Project equipment items at unreserved auction in Niagara Falls, ON June 17-18

Assets from high-profile Ontario tunnelling project to be sold to highest bidders in a two-day unreserved public auction

June 10, 2013

Ecuador to vote on ground-breaking law to allow large-scale mining

Country's gold, copper and silver reserves estimated at $115 billion.

June 10, 2013

Deutsche Bank opens $9 billion gold vault in Singapore

The new vault can hold up to 200 tonnes of gold bullion.

June 7, 2013

MICROMINE North America launches latest versions of global exploration and mining software solutions

These versions are the most significant releases to date.